Federal Government: Applications

Investors Dept: The would-be investors applied to the popular cash-for-visa program before September 2009 and want the courts to force the government to review their applications within six months to a year, according to documents filed in Federal Court this week, according to Vancouver Sun. Toronto lawyer Tim Leahy said his clients are ultimately afraid Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is going to do to the immigrant investor backlog what he did to the pre-2008 federal skilled worker backlog - eliminate it through legislation and simply return application fees to those who have been waiting patiently in the queue and a half-dozen Chinese immigrant investors have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over lengthy processing delays. As the immigrant investor stream is under review by Citizenship and Immigration Canada, they're also calling on the courts to bar the government from tossing their applications should "more stringent" criteria be adopted and are seeking $5 million in compensation if in fact their applications are returned without consideration. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.